TOEFL Practice Test #2

<p>1. Old World Monkeys and New World Monkeys have dissimilar characteristics.</p><p>2. Old World Monkeys, known as "cercopithecoids," have confined nostrils; on</p><p>3. the contrary, New World Monkeys possess wide-apart nostrils. While some</p><p>4. Old World Monkeys are arboreal, others live primarily on the ground. New</p><p>5. World Monkeys are reside in the trees. In contrast to the prehensile tail and</p><p>6. thin body of New World Monkeys, Old World Monkeys possess a large body</p><p>7. with a short tail.</p><p>8. Full opposability, meaning the thumb is placed away from the remaining</p><p>9. digits, is a characteristics of Old World Monkeys. Opposability facilitates the</p><p>10. grasping motion and the handling of food and objects. Partial oppasability,</p><p>11. common among the New World Monkeys, decreases the hand manipulation</p><p>12. ability. Another feature nonexistent in New World Monkeys is the pad that</p><p>13. covers the buttocks and eliminates discomfort caused by sitting for long</p><p>14. stretches of time. New World monkeys inhabit tropical areas in Central and</p><p>15. South America. Old World Monkeys dwell in Africa and Asia.</p><p>16. Mandrillus Sphinx is the scientific name for mandrill, an Old World Monkey</p><p>17. that is found in west Africa. It has brilliant coloring; its cheeks are bright blue</p><p>18. and ribbed, its nose is scarlet red, and it has a doglike muzzle. The male</p><p>19. mandrill is usualyy large and weighs between 90 and 120 lb (40-54 Kg). The </p><p> 20. female, on the other hand, is much smaller and weighs about half as much as a</p><p>21. male. Their diet is chiefly grass, fruit, and insects. Not only are they strong</p><p>22. warriors, but they live in groups with as small as a dozen and as large as a</p><p>23. hundred members. It is not unusual to see over 100 mandrills roaming</p><p>24. around together</p><p>What's the main purpose of the passage?